Centre-West Region

The Federal District (fig. 1) is situated between the latitudes of 15°30’ and 16°03’ South and the longitudes 47°25’ and 48°12’ West, on the Central Highland of the Centre-West Region of Brazil.

1998, P[edro] A[mérico] C[abral] Senna, M. G. M. Souza, P[ierre] Compère, “Introduction”, in A Check-List of the Algae of the Federal District (Brazil) (Scripta Botanic Belgica; 16), Meise: National Botanic Garden of Belgium, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 5

Until the law provided by article 159, I, c, which shall be promulgated by December 31, 1989, becomes effective, the application of the funds set forth in that provision shall be ensured in the following manner: […] III – six-tenths of one percent in the Centre-West Region, through the Banco do Brasil S.A.

Basic texts

2008 [1988 October 5], Chamber of Deputies, translated by Istvan Vajda, Patricia de Queiroz Carvalho Zimbres, and Vanira Tavares de Souza, “Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act”, in Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Textos básicos [Basic texts]; 46), Brasília: Documentation and Information Center, Publishing Coordination, →ISBN, page 94, column 2

In South Brazil, in activities such as poultry, pigs and tobacco, this integration is considerable (BRUNDENBURG, 1995). Their financial success, rather than their socio-economic relevance has been the motive for expansion of intensive livestock production to the Centre-West region, to exploit the comparative advantages of cheaper feed grains, larger units and better animal performance that is found in the wet-dry tropics.

1999 June, S.M. Teixeira, J.N. Landers, “Technology Transfer for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Latin America/Brazil”, in Technology Assessment and Transfer towards Sustainable Development, Food Security and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana. […] Advent Press, pages 378–379

Brazil has sixty-five biodiesel plants, thirty of which have the Social Seal. However, the majority of biodiesel production plants are being installed in the Centre-West region, characterized by mechanized farming of grains, mostly soybean.

2010, Richard L[awrence] Ottinger, Victor M. Tafur, “Legal frameworks for emerging technologies: Bioenergy”, in David Leary, Balakrishna Pisupati, editors, The Future of International Environmental Law, Tokyo; New York, N.Y.; Paris: United Nations University Press, →ISBN, part III (New emerging issues for international environmental law), page 258

Since 2001, some of the poorer Northeast states have had positive migration flows due to a combination of urban congestion in the main cities, as well as new investments in Northeast Brazil. Main grain producing regions of Brazil in the Centre-West region are also attracting population.

2013, “Brazil: Migration, Trade”, in Collins School World Atlas, 3rd edition, Glasgow: Collins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 67